The White Countess
2005 · Movie · PG-13 · 135 min · ★ 6.2 · 55% critics
In 1930s Shanghai, a struggling Russian exile supports her family by working in nightlife. When a blind former diplomat invites her to help shape an elegant new club, a quiet bond grows between two people trying to build refuge from a world closing in around them.
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Details
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-10-30
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 55/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (87 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy slow-burning historical romances with a melancholy atmosphere and displaced lives, somewhat in the vein of Tea with Mussolini; Not for you if you want fast-moving drama or intense passion.
Pros: evocative period setting; strong central performances; poignant romantic drama | Cons: slow pacing; emotionally distant tone; uneven chemistry
Themes
- shanghai, china
- countess
- american abroad
- air raid
- nightclub owner
- taxi dancer
- american diplomat
- blind man
- russian woman
- 1930s
- living in exile
- nightclub hostess
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Ralph Fiennes
as Todd Jackson
Natasha Richardson
as Countess Sofia Belinskya
Hiroyuki Sanada
as Matsuda
Lynn Redgrave
as Olga Belinskya
Vanessa Redgrave
as Princess Vera Belinskya
Madeleine Potter
as Grushenka
- MD
Madeleine Daly
as Katya
Allan Corduner
as Samuel Feinstein
John Wood
as Prince Peter Belinskya
Lee Pace
as Crane
Directed by James Ivory